Poverty is not a shame, being ashamed of poverty is a shame. ——Thor Fuller

Those who respect the position but have no virtue will be deposed; those who are rich in wealth but have no justice will be punished. Those who are humble but love virtue are respected; those who are poor but righteous are honored. ——Lu Jia

It is better to live in shame than to live in disgrace and to die in glory. ——Wang Pinzhen

When you see something desirable, you don’t care about what is hateful. When you see something beneficial, you don’t care about what is harmful. Therefore, if you move, you will be trapped, and if you act, you will be humiliated. This is the danger of partial injury. ——Xunzi

If a gentleman does not harm justice by profit, he will live in disgrace! ——Confucius

Celebrities have different degrees of attachment to life, so their sensitivity to glory is also inconsistent. ——Montesquieu

If you plan to pursue your own happiness, don’t try to become famous. The greatest glory is not that you never fall, but that you get up every time you fall. . ——Goldsmith

Just because I forget about favor and disgrace, I won’t hurt myself here. ——Hui Yan

Those who put righteousness first and benefit later will be honored; those who are honored first and then righteousness will be disgraced. Those who are honored are always prosperous, and those who are humiliated are often poor. ——Xunzi

It is not shameful to admit poverty. On the contrary, not working to change poverty is truly shameful. ——Thucydides

Whoever regrets without knowing shame will regret forever. ——[Germany] Schiller's "Don Carlos"

The heart is full of right and wrong, and the traces are full of honor and disgrace. ——Xu Hun

Being humble and poor is not the shame of a scholar. ——Liu Xiang: "Shuo Yuan. Li Jie"

Where there is cowardice, there is shame. ——Romanian proverb?

Avoid shame, but do not pursue glory. The price of nothing is greater than the price of glory.

——Sidney Smith